Mumbai (IANS) | The Mumbai Police has arrested a 23-year-old man for fudging the date of birth in a minor girl’s Aadhaar card in order to marry her. The accused got the date of birth of the minor changed in the Aadhaar card so that he could be proved as an adult. The fraud came to light when the boy and the girl got married on April 11 at the Bandra marriage registrar and later went to the Dahisar police station to complete the mandatory legal formalities.
Police summoned the girl’s father Sabjit Pal, a tailor, in this case and he pointed out the discrepancy in his daughter’s date of birth and later filed a formal complaint.
Pal said the girl was born on May 7, 2006, but her accused husband changed the date of birth in her Aadhaar card to March 12, 2004, to prove that she was above 18 years of age and was free to marry of her own free will. is worthy of. The accused has been identified as Gaurav Makwana of Mira Road town in Thane.
The family also produced the original birth certificate of the girl presented at a local school as proof of the actual date of birth. The girl also admitted to cheating in her knowledge, after which the police registered an FIR on the complaint of the father.
Inspector P.G. Patil told mediapersons that the police raided and arrested the accused on charges of kidnapping, cheating, forgery, child marriage etc. The accused has been sent to judicial custody for further investigation.
He, however, said that the girl was sent for medical examination but she refused, hence police have not charged the accused with rape.
The girl is a junior college student and was friends with the accused for the last one year. They decided to get married, as she was under age for marriage, to remove this hurdle the accused youth by resorting to fraud got the date of birth changed in the girl’s Aadhaar card.
Preliminary investigation has also revealed that the Aadhaar card was tampered sometime last year. The police is also probing the role of the girl and her family in the case.
–IANS
